While much is written about social and environmental responsibility in business, often the advice offered is based on intuition or hunch rather than solid economic theory or well-documented empirical evidence. To infuse science into practice, the center promotes research, teaching and service that emphasizes the rigorous application of scientific principles to investment management and corporate practices.

The Center of Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility was formed to support and promote research and student activity related to responsible management at the Graduate School of Management. Although the GSM is small and young, many alumni hold influential positions in companies and industries at the forefront of the movement for responsible business. Our faculty academic and extracurricular activities that use the power of business to create social and environmental change.

In addition to supporting faculty and student work related to corporate responsibility, the Center also hosts an annual conference on Financial Markets Research in Napa Valley.

People make mistakes—this includes investors saving for retirement and CEOs of top corporations. The center is the first step in both avoiding these mistakes and minimizing the damage that might be done by them.

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We aim to raise sufficient funds to guarantee the long-term viability of the center as a place that encourages research, teaching and practices that promote investor welfare and corporate responsibility. In the long term, we plan to establish an endowment sufficient to fund the center’s activities.

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You may be exempted from the requirement to take certain core courses with the approval of the designated faculty member. Exemption, if granted, does not award course credit and you would take an additional elective to replace the exempted course.

Course exemptions are generally by examination or may be granted at the instructor’s discretion based on previous coursework.

Please complete the waiver exam registration by clicking here. Please register no later than Friday, August 12 to take a waiver exam.

You may be exempted from the requirement to take certain core courses with the approval of the designated faculty member. Exemption, if granted, does not award course credit and you would take an additional elective to replace the exempted course.

Course exemptions are generally by examination or may be granted at the instructor’s discretion based on previous coursework.